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  Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, stormed the Abuja division of the Federal High Court in pursuit of his certificate of return as senator-elect for Imo West senatorial district. The governor, who was accompanied by some of his aides and lawyers, ...

A Nigerian man has been left in shock after he discovered through a mandatory DNA test at the US Embassy that a kid he calls his own is not his son. According to Rita Ebiuwa who shared the story on Facebook, the ...

Deji Adenuga, the suspect who set ablaze 9 members of his girlfriend’s family in Igbodigo, Ondo State, has stated that he has no regrets for doing what he did. According to the arrested 45- year-old suspect, he burnt the house where ...

A Twitter user Okemzuruoke has dragged God over what she claims is discriminatory in the Bible. In her post, she stated that people with disabilities were discriminated against by God whom she says prevented such from coming nearly his temple. Okemzuruoke ...

The Federal Government has announced that it has secured the release of Zainab Aliyu, the student who was held in Saudi Arabia over drug-related charges. Zainab Aliyu was arrested at the airport in Saudi Arabia after Tramadol was found in her luggage. ...

  Military operations against criminals are yielding the desired results, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. According to the President, the Armed Forces have, by their efforts within the past four years, restored the pride and honour of Nigeria amongst the ...

  A man has been arrested in connection with his lover’s brutal murder. According to reports, on Sunday morning, neighbours were woken up by screams from the house where Mr James Wambugu, 34, and Grace Kagure, 29, lived in Nairobi, ...

  A Brazilian model was found dead after she jumped into the sea to save her puppies in the midst of a fierce storm. Caroline Bittencourt’s body was found near Cigarras Beach, in the northern region of Sao Paulo, yesterday ...

  Security operatives have apprehended two criminal suspects and their girlfriends for allegedly robbing residents of their properties in Rivers state. The couples who reportedly specialize in stealing around Ikwerre local government area of the state, were nabbed following a ...

  A grandmother died two months ago and was buried at the local cemetery. But some of her children were unhappy with the place where she was laid to rest. On Friday, the sisters were found at the graveside, trying ...

  A 34 year-old Nigerian, Samuel Nkennaya, has been killed while another Nigerian, Chinonso Nwudo is in critical condition in South Africa following mob attack. Victor Ayanfe-Oyebanjo, Secretary of Mpumalanga Province branch of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, NUSA, ...

  A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, yesterday disclosed that Boko Haram fighters receive $3000 (an equivalent of N1, 080,000 daily) as allowance, while Nigerian soldiers get a paltry N1000. He ...

  A 100 Level Chemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has died of apparent suicide after a long-standing battle with depression. Hikmat Gbadamosi was found dead in her room, yesterday. According to her friend, the ...

  A businesswoman, Mrs. Adenike Sussanah Komolafe, has cried out to the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, for protection following incessant attacks on her and her family by some unidentified persons. Adenike, a mother of three, said her family ...

  A fire captain accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl said he thought he was kissing an adult’s mouth and not the genitals of a child, it is claimed. Michael William Palmatier, 48, from Arizona, USA, admitted he had ...

  A boxer who allegedly attacked his teenage ex handed himself in to police for her “murder” – but later found out she was alive and had merely fainted. Javier Sosa, 24, is said to have flown into the fit of rage ...

  A 40 year-old man identified as Deji Adenuga who allegedly burnt a family of nine at Ayeka Igbodigo in Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State – has been arrested by the police. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in ...

  Following the debate on whether churches should be allowed to accept monetary proceeds from politician, a bishop has come up with a damning allegation against the pastors. Bishop Paul Githinji based in Nyeri. Kenya is not subscribing to the ...

Kidnappers on Monday abducted the board chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood, along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Mr Mahmood was abducted alongside his daughter while travelling from Kaduna to Abuja Monday afternoon while his driver was killed. They ...

  A female teacher in the United States is facing jail after being charged with sexual assault, allegedly romping with a pupil. Kristin Davenport, 26, a teacher at Northside High School in Georgia, US, is facing three charges of sexual ...

  A woman in labour was allegedly beaten by a team of nurses on duty for her inability to settle her N20,000 bill when she entered the hospital for prompt medical recourse. The incident happened on April 12 at the ...

  The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, and former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, have settled the perceived political differences between them. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Festus Keyamo, disclosed this in a statement sent to Channels ...

Controversial Ghanaian cleric, Prophet Kumchacha has said the world will cease to exist the day he doesn’t have sex with his wife. The man of God said unlike some men who shy away from openly discussing their sexual lifestyles, he openly does ...

  A man in northern Mexico had to be rescued after he accidently trapped himself in a hole that he dug so he could spy on his former girlfriend in violation of a court order to stay away from her, ...

  Farther than subside, the controversy over whether former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential poll is a Nigerian by birth, is still raging. A man, who claims to be ...